Grand prix/Camaro headlights

[Silentkillzr]

I believe 1st gen w-bodies have the same headlights as 4thgen 93-97 camaros right?

 

If thats the case then i found a good deal on a HID Conversion:

http://www.hawksthirdgenparts.com/products/HID-Headlight-Conversion-Kit-w%7B47%7D-Housings%2C-Camaro-1993%252d1997.html

 

Thoughts?

[BRZN]

Only comes in 10,000k. That's awfully blue without a great deal of light output.

[rich_e777]

you can preety much build your own if you can get the lense out of its housing. I used a razor blade, goof off and a small flat-head screwdriver to separate them and you just get the buld you want and silicone it back in. Of course you cant use ANY bulb but there are a few that will work. Plenty of threads with part numbers floating around here.

[RobertISaar]

.... so these new housings don't even have a projector in them? so what the hell is their advantage over just removing the stock bulb from the stock housing?

[Ramblin Garage]

Only comes in 10,000k. That's awfully blue without a great deal of light output.

 

it's still a great deal more light output than stock.

[skitchin]

But it's 260 dollars to still have to ghetto rig shit

[GnatGoSplat]

.... so these new housings don't even have a projector in them? so what the hell is their advantage over just removing the stock bulb from the stock housing?

 

Nope, no projector.

I guess the advantage is you don't need to look for HID bulbs that have the right size neck and O-ring to press-fit into stock housings, but then I think almost all cheap generic HID bulbs have the right size neck and O-ring.

[RobertISaar]

considering you can find HID retrofits for pretty much any style of bulb used in the last 30 years, it wouldn't surprise me.

[GnatGoSplat]

Yeah, the modified Philips D2S bulbs I bought for my 89 around a decade ago would not remotely come close to fitting the stock housings, but the generic Chinese 9006 replacements fit perfectly. You can get a Chinese kit with ballasts and bulbs for $30 every day on eBay.

[GOT2B GM]

yup, silicone any chinese 9006 hid retrofit bulbs into the back of our oem housings and you're good to go.

[Breakdown]

yup, silicone any chinese 9006 hid retrofit bulbs into the back of our oem housings and you're good to go.

 

Tape will also work if you want to annoy the living hell out of all drivers that are infront of you.

[RobertISaar]

since they're HID now, 9005 or 9006 would work, just the difference in the connectors, right?

[GnatGoSplat]

Sort of... original car-side connectors will plug right into the cheap Chinese ballasts, and the ballasts have their own high voltage wiring going to the bulbs with a special connector.

So HID kits are pretty much plug & play, you just need to find a place to stick the ballasts.

[WhatTheFehl]

IMHO, buy these:

 

http://www.eurolamps.com/eurolamps/camaro_headlights.htm

 

So you don't have to jury rig anything. Pick a decent aftermarket headlight bulb. The ones that come with are kinda shitty quality, I like Phillips CrystalVision.

 

And leave the HIDs to your fogs. So you can turn them off when not needed (but some form of headlight IS necessary) and not blind oncoming traffic.

[Silentkillzr]

Interesting, well HID's will deff be in my cars future. Not a necessary thing to have right now need to fix other things :|

[GOT2B GM]

Miniquads need all the light output help they can get!! No one ever flashes me because of the hid's siliconed into miniquads.

[GnatGoSplat]

Miniquads need all the light output help they can get!! No one ever flashes me because of the hid's siliconed into miniquads.

 

Me neither. Even with HIDs in them, they're not super bright.

[skitchin]

IMHO, buy these:

 

http://www.eurolamps.com/eurolamps/camaro_headlights.htm

 

So you don't have to jury rig anything. Pick a decent aftermarket headlight bulb. The ones that come with are kinda shitty quality, I like Phillips CrystalVision.

 

And leave the HIDs to your fogs. So you can turn them off when not needed (but some form of headlight IS necessary) and not blind oncoming traffic.

 

Thanks! That's more like it, $77-$88 for BOTH of the lenses, and you even get starter bulbs.

[WhatTheFehl]

Its what I ran in my 95.

[LuminaPower92]

8k HID in headlamps and fogs. I installed Eurolamps I bought off Ebay.

 

Absolutely work awesome and can see incrediblily better at night.